Ice-box.



G. LANGEHBNNIG.

IUE BOX. APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1914.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

2 SHEBTS-SB5M 1.

G. H, LANGEHENNIG. 10E BOX.

5 6m?? APPLIGATIUL' FILED JULY 13,1914 A 23 3 H' 5 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patanted Jan. i9, 1915.

1 consists in certain novel erred construction,

'and 6 at the front ends i vGEGIRGE H. Lf'NGHENNG. OE' GUTHRIE, OKLAHOIM.'

ICE-ESX.

Application lcd July" 13, 1914.

To all whom t mzg/ concern Be it known that l, GEORGE H.' LANGE- HENNIG, citizen of the United States, residing at Guthrie, in the county ot'Logan and State ot' Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lee- BoXes, of which the :following is a specification. j

This invention relates to ice-boxes and has for its object the provision of simple, compact and elicient'mechanism vwhereby the quantity of ice Within the ice-box at any time will be automatically indicated and the total amount of ice consumed during a given period will be automatically registered.

The invention, also, seeks to provide a mechanism for the stated purpose which -may be applied to refrigerators Without .materially decreasing the capacity ot' the same and which will be automaticalljT rendered inoperative ivhen the door to the ice box is opened and Will be permitted to op erate When the door is closed.

The objects of my invention are ,attained in such a device as is illustrated in the accompanying drawings7 and the invention features which will be hereinafter first described and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

ln the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a refrigerator having my improve` ment applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal section through the ice-box. Fig. 3 is ay vertical section through the operative elements of the ice-box. F ig. l is a detail perspective view of the ice carrier,

and F ig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the controlling bars.

The refrigerator l may be of any prebeing provided at a proper point with a door 2 closing thc entranceito the ice chamber. |This door 2 is provided on its inner side at its opposite edges with vprojections which are adapted when the door is closed to bear upon vlateral projections or lugs 5 of the` controlling bars 7 and 8 respectively; These controlling bars 7 and 8 extend horizontally from front or cams 3 and 4- the bolt between the top Patented Jan. t9, Serial No. 350,?72.

opened. The rail l2 at the opposite side of the ice holder is constructed with a longitudinal series of rack teeth 14 -which are' adapted to be engaged by a projection l5 upon the controlling bar 7 so as to positively prevent movement of the ice carrier when the door 2 is opened, the controlling bar being moved toward the adjacent track under the influence of a spring 16 housed Within the adjacent guide.

The .ice carrier consists of a pan or plat form 17 provided with an outlet 18 for the Water formed by the melting of the ice which outlet in practice telescopes into a pipe or tube leading through the bottom of the refrigerator so as to carry otljthe Water upper ends by standard 2l is secured to the rear end of the pan and has its upper end connected by a bar 22 to the said cross bar or arch 20, as shown clearly'in Fig. 4.

Braces 23 are provided to secure stabilityin the pan at such points as may be deemed desirable by the maker or-user of the device.

To the bar 22 and the arch 20, l secure a suspension bolt 24 which extends upwardly through the top 25 of the refrigerator and enters a-meter or register case 26.' A collar 27 is fitted upon the upper end of this sus` pension bolt and a spring 28is coiled around of the refrigerator and the said .collar so as to tend to hold 'the ice carrier toward the top of the ice chainber. A nut '229 is fitted en the upper trernity of the suspension bolt and bears upon the said collar so as to adjust the tension of the spring and thereby secure accuracy in the registering and indicatingr mechanism. rEhe collar 2 is provided with a raclr on one side which meshes with a segment 3l on one end of a lever which is fulcrumed Within the meter casing and is provided at its free end with a pointer or indicator iinger 33 playing in a slot formed in the front -face of the meter casing and having graduations thereon which are intended to indicate the Weight of the ice in the icebex. These graduations are -numloered consecutively7 from zero at the lower end to 100 at the upper end and it will be readily understood that the weight of the ice upon the ice carrier at any time Will be indicated by the numeral or graduation adjacent- Which the indicator 33 appears. Upon the side of the collar 27 opposite the rack 30 is a similar rack 35 which meshes with a gear wheel 36 forming one member of a train of registering mechanism which may be of any Well known form, the said gear Wheel 36 Vbeing connected with its shaft by suitable ratchet means so that when the ice cage descends, under the Weight of the ice placed therein, the .registering mechanism u'ill not be actuated but as the ice is consumed and the ice-carrier thereupon rises, the registering mechanism will be actuated so as to accurately indicate the total quantity of ice consumed. The several shafts of the regis* tering mechanism will be provided with pointers, indicated at 37, and the meter casing will be entirely closed exceptv for a glazed front through which the meter may be read by the ice dealer at intervals.

improved device is exceedingly simple in the construction and arrangement of its parts and will. occupy very little space Within the refrigerator so that the capacity of the same will not be diminished. lWhen the door of theice chamber is closed, the projections 3 and t 'thereon will bear against the cams or projections 5 and 6 at the front ends of the controlling' bars 7 and S and Will, consequently, move said hars laterally away from the rails on the sides of the ice carrier and the weight of the ice upon the carrier will then be supported by the Vsus pension bolt and the spring coiled around the same. V/vhen the carrier is loaded to .its capacity the spring-'28 Will be compressed and the suspension bolt will be at the lower limit of its movement with the lever 32, consequently, in its uppermost position so that 'the indicator 33 Will show that the ice chamloer is filled. As the ice is consumed, the spring Willv expand so as to raise the ice incase? carrier and Ywiil move the indicator to a lower point upon the adjacent scale as Will be readily understood. When the door 2 is opened the brackets 3 and 4 will be moved awayv from the projections 5 and 6 and the springs 13 and 16, consequently permitted to expand and swing` thevcontrolling bars toward the adjacent rails. serve as a brake to prevent dropping of the carrier until the projection i5 upon the bar 7 engages the Vrack teeth 14 upon the adjacent rail l2 and thereby positively locks the carrier against movement.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, is 1- l. The combination of a refrigerator, an ice cairieithei'eiii, controlling bars mounted within the refrigerator atv the sides of the ice carrier, means for causing said bars to engage and hold the ice carrier, a door for the refrigerator, and means on said door for releasing said controlling bars from the ice carrier.

2. The combination of a refrigerator, an ice carrier mounted therein, a traclr secured within the refrigerator, a rail on the ice carrier moving in said track, a controlling bar mounted Within the refrigerator and passing:r through the track, means for causing said bar to engage said rail, a door for the refrigerator', and means on the door for holding the bar out of engagement with. the I'lail.

3. The combination of a refrigerator, a track therein, an ice carrier having a rail movable along said track, a controlling bar mounted within the refrigerator', a spring bearing upon said Vbar to cause the same to engage said track, a door for the refrigerator, and a projection on said door adapted to bear against the free end of said controlling bar and hold it out of engagement with saidy rail. i

d. rihe combination vertically movable mounted therein, and comprising a pan, standards rising' from the pan, and a cross bar connecting the standards, means for permitting,- and controlling vertical movement of the said ice carrier, and a yieldable suspension device connected to the cross .bar at the top of the carrier and mounted in'the top of the refrigerator.

rl`he combination of a refrigerator', a Weight .indicator mounted on the refrigerator, an ice carrier mounted within the refrigerator, a suspension bolt secured to the top of said carrier and extending' through the top of the refrigerator, a Spring coiled around said suspension bolt above the refrigerator, and a tension device mounted upon the bolt and bearing upon said spring and adapted to actuate the Weight indicator.

rihe bar 8 Will sov of a refrigerator, a I

- 6. The combination of a refrigerator hav- 'n testimony whereof ethz my signature ing an ice chamber, an ice carrier in said 1n presence of two Witnesses. chamber, a door for said chamber, and

`T mea-ns whereby the ice carrier will be held GEORGE H' LMGDHENNIG' [L' b'] 5 against movement when the door is opened Witnesses:

and will be permitted to move When the door E. C. BUENTING, is closed.

J. C. WHITEFIELD. 

